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Pinewood senior Elle Ladine recorded her 13th double-double of the season in an 80-43 home victory over Priory on Tuesday.
Ladine had 20 points and 15 rebounds for Pinewood (13-1, 6-0), which plays at second-place Menlo on Friday night.
Menlo won its sixth straight Tuesday, downing host Crystal Springs Uplands 49-29. Sharon Nejad scored 15 points for the Knights (13-6, 5-2).
Junior Jade Ramirez and sophomore Alex Facelo also had pretty good games for Pinewood against Priory, scoring 13 and 14 points, respectively, on a combined 9 of 11 shooting (82%).
Facelo badly missed her first shot, a 3-point attempt that never bothered to hit the rim. She then nailed her next five shots, four of them long range.
Pinewood shot the ball at a 58% clip, which included a 13 of 25 effort from 3-point land. Emily Lee added 12 points.
Priory, playing without its leading scorer, stayed close for a while. Pinewood scored the first 11 points of the second quarter and cruised from there.
Sunishka Kartik led Priory with 12 points. Shamira Bidaye added 10.
In the Skyline Division, Sacred Heart Prep beat Eastside Prep, 43-34.
Pinewood is the defending Central Coast Section Open Division champion, beating Mitty in the championship game.
Mitty (18-1, 6-0) played at St. Francis in a West Catholic Athletic League contest Tuesday and looked like it was preparing for a rematch with Pinewood, though St. Ignatius will have something to say about that too.
The Lancers (14-4, 4-3) actually led early and then Mitty’s intense pressure took over, causing many turnovers. The Monarchs won 74-30.
Jess Oakland led St. Francis with 11 points.
Girls soccer
Menlo had a two-goal lead by the 10th minute en route to an 8-1 home victory over Castilleja on Tuesday in the West Bay Athletic League.
Castilleja interrupted Menlo’s scoring fest with a goal in the 23rd minute.
Afterward, it was all Menlo as senior Carolina Espinosa scored four goals and Hannah Gorospe added two goals and an assist.
Freshman Roya Rezaee recorded three assists while junior Colby Wilson had a goal and an assist, and sophomore Lila Gold added two assists.
Menlo improves to 5-1 in league and plays at co-leader Sacred Heart Prep on Thursday.
SHP beat Priory 1-0 to set up the showdown. Notre Dame Belmont is also part of the three-way race at the top.
Sydney Adas scored for SHP.
In the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division, Sequoia shocked host Burlingame 2-1 to move into a two-way tie for second place behind Woodside.
Sequoia (10-3-1, 4-2-1) lost at home 5-0 to Burlingame (11-3-1, 4-2-1) earlier in the season.
Woodside (13-0, 6-0) beat Aragon 4-0 and Menlo-Atherton (5-5-5, 2-1-4) stopped Hillsdale 2-0 in other matches.
